[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 8, 2011)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28927]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 9

[FRL-9488-4]


OMB Approvals Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; Technical 
Amendment; Community Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 
U.S.C.3501 et seq.) EPA is issuing a technical amendment to amend the 
table that lists the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control 
numbers issued under the Paperwork Reduction Act; Technical Amendment; 
Community Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting.

DATES: Effective Date: This final rule is effective November 8, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cassandra Vail, Toxics Release 
Inventory Program Division, Office of Information Analysis and Access 
(2844T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-0753; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is amending the table of currently 
approved Information Collection Request (ICR) control numbers under the 
heading 40 CFR part 9; Toxic Chemical Release Reporting Community 
Right-to-Know issued by OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) for various regulations.
    EPA will continue to present OMB control numbers in a consolidated 
table format to be codified in 40 CFR part 9 of the Agency's 
regulations. The table lists CFR citations with reporting, 
recordkeeping, or other information collection requirements, and the 
current OMB control numbers. This listing of the OMB control numbers 
and their subsequent codification in the CFR satisfies the requirements 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and OMB's 
implementing regulations at 5 CFR part 1320.
    EPA finds that there is ``good cause'' under section 553(b)(B) of 
the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), to amend this 
table without prior notice and comment.

I. Administrative Requirements

    Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this 
action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and is therefore not 
subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. In addition, 
this action does not impose any enforceable duty, contain any unfunded 
mandate, or impose any significant or unique impact on small 
governments as described in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
(Pub. L. 104-4). This rule also does not require prior consultation 
with State, local, and tribal government officials as specified by 
Executive Order 12875 (58 FR 58093, October 28, 1993) or Executive 
Order 13084 (63 FR 27655 (May 10, 1998), or involve special 
consideration of environmental justice related issues as required by 
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). Because this 
action is not subject to notice-and-comment requirements under the 
Administrative Procedure Act or any other statute, it is not subject to 
the regulatory flexibility provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
(5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). This rule also is not subject to Executive 
Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) because EPA interprets E.O. 
13045 as applying only to those regulatory actions that are based on 
health or safety risks, such that the analysis required under section 
5-501 of the Order has the potential to influence the regulation. This 
rule is not subject to E.O. 13045 because it does not establish an 
environmental standard intended to mitigate health or safety risks.

Congressional Review Act

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. Section 808 allows the issuing agency to make a good 
cause finding that notice and public procedure is impracticable, 
unnecessary or contrary to the public interest. This determination must 
be supported by a brief statement. 5 U.S.C. 808(2). As stated 
previously, EPA has made such a good cause finding, including the 
reasons therefore, and established an effective date of November 8, 
2011. EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other required 
information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and 
the Comptroller General of the United States prior to publication of 
the rule in the Federal Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' 
as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 9

    Environmental protection, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: October 28, 2011.
Jeff Wells,
Acting Director, Toxic Release Inventory Program Division, Office of 
Information Analysis and Access.
    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 40 CFR part 9 is amended 
as follows:

PART 9-[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 9 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 135 et seq., 136-136y; 15 U.S.C. 2001, 2003, 
2005, 2006, 2601-2671; 21 U.S.C. 331j, 346a, 348; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 33 
U.S.C. 1251 et seq., 1311, 1313d, 1314, 1318, 1321, 1326, 1330, 
1342, 1344, 1345 (d) and (e), 1361; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR, 
1971-1975 Comp. p. 973; 42 U.S.C. 241, 242b, 243, 246, 300f, 300g, 
300g-1, 300g-2, 300g-3, 300g-4, 300g-5, 300g-6, 300j-1, 300j-2, 
300j-3, 300j-4, 300j-9, 1857 et seq., 6901-6992k, 7401-7671q, 7542, 
9601-9657, 11023, 11048.


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2. In Sec.  9.1 the table is amended by revising the entries under the 
heading ``Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Community Right-to-Know'' 
to read as follows:


Sec.  9.1  OMB approvals under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

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                                                            OMB control
                     40 CFR citation                            No.
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        Toxic Chemical Release Reporting: Community Right-to-Know
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Part 372, subpart A.....................................       2025-0009
372.22..................................................       2025-0009
372.25..................................................       2025-0009
372.27..................................................       2025-0009
372.30..................................................       2025-0009
372.38..................................................       2025-0009
Part 372, subpart C.....................................       2025-0009
Part 372, subpart D.....................................       2025-0009
372.85..................................................       2025-0009
372.95..................................................       2025-0009
 
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